norrice

== Middle English == === Noun === norrice alternative form of norice == Old French == === Etymology === From Late Latin nūtrīcia, substantivization of the feminine of Latin nūtrīcius, an adjective based on nūtrīx (“nurse”). === Noun === norrice oblique singular, f (oblique plural norrices, nominative singular norrice, nominative plural norrices) a wet nurse ==== Descendants ==== French: nourrice Norman: nouôrriche → Middle English: norice, noris, norische, norrice, norse, norys, noryse, norysshe, nurishe, nurseEnglish: nurse (obsolete norice, nourice, nourse)Scots: nourice, nuirice → Sicilian: nurrizza === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “nŭtrīcia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 7: N–Pas, page 248